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The Moon on Friday, October 15, 1993: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

New Moon at

11:36UTC

Moon phase on October 15, 1993New Moon

Friday 15 October 1993357,412 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 15, 1993, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.4 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.4 dMoon age
357,412 km222,085 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1993 is on Thursday, September 30, 1993 at 18:54 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 15, 1993 at 11:36 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, October 8, 199319:36
New Moon (this day)Friday, October 15, 199311:36
First Quarter (after)Friday, October 22, 199308:52

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Friday, October 15, 1993 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 15, 1993 to the new moon of November 13, 1993, a cycle of 29.42 days.